Chapter 119 The Daughter of a Guilty Minister vs. the Disabled Prince 33
Bai Zhi was stopped before she reached the study door.
Two unfamiliar eunuchs stood in front of her. They were tall and had straight backs, without any of the cowering signs that eunuchs usually had.
"His Highness has ordered that no one is allowed to approach the study at will. Please go back, young lady."
Bai Zhi bit her lip unwillingly. Xiao Yun had clearly entered the study room yesterday. There were sounds of laughter coming from the study room, and she didn't know whether he was reading or doing something shameful.
"In that case, I will wait for Your Highness here. I will not go back until I see Your Highness."
An unknown amount of time had passed, the sun was already setting, Bai Zhi's legs were sore from standing, and finally the door of the study opened from the inside, and Xiao Yan came out.
Bai Zhi immediately went to greet him, "Your Highness, you finally came out. I have something very important to tell you."
Xiao Yan was in a hurry to find Xiao Yun, and he didn't even stop. "I'm busy. If you have anything, go find Xia Yang."
Bai Zhi shouted anxiously: "Your Highness, this is about Xiaoyun, don't you really want to listen?"
Xiao Yan really stopped and said coldly: "Follow me."
Bai Zhi finally stepped into the study of the Grand Prince. She could hardly wait to look at everything around her.
The study was simply decorated, with tall bookshelves piled with classics. There was no unnecessary decoration, only a table and a chair.
There were calligraphy and paintings by His Highness hanging on the wall. In the center was a painting of a lady that was particularly eye-catching. The woman in the painting was so beautiful that she didn't look like an ordinary person. She was emitting a halo, like a goddess descending to the earth.
Looking at her features, she clearly looks like Xiaoyun, but she is more ethereal and graceful than the real person, as if floating away on the wind, making the whole study look elegant and refined.
There was also a painting of a lady on the table. It still depicted Xiaoyun, but her clothes had changed. She was now wearing a bright red wedding gown!
Bai Zhi seemed to be burned by the red, and took two steps back in shock, "Your Highness, you actually want to marry Xiaoyun as your principal wife? She is just a criminal slave, how can she be your imperial concubine?"
Xiao Yan put away the scroll on the table and placed it in a wooden box next to it. There were already many scrolls in the box, all of which were painted with Xiao Yun.
"This is not your business. Tell me, what is it?"
Bai Zhi knelt down with a plop, banged her head on the ground, and said loudly: "Your Highness, please think twice! Throughout history, no prince has ever married a criminal slave. Your Highness has been bewitched by her and has lost his mind. If the late queen were still alive, she would definitely not let this woman bewitch your Highness!"
"I know Your Highness doesn't like to hear this, but the truth hurts. Even for the sake of the late Queen, I have to say that Your Highness is deeply in love with her, but she has long been having an affair with that imperial physician. The two of them have been flirting with each other all day long, and the imperial physician even said he wanted to elope with her!"
"Today, someone saw Xiaoyun giving the imperial physician a bundle, saying it was a personal item, which shows that the two had already had physical contact..."
Xiao Yan slammed the table and shouted angrily: "Shut up! How dare you! It's simply outrageous!"
Bai Zhi thought that the eldest prince had listened to her advice, so he was filled with anger. She looked up at Xiao Yan and continued, "I know that Xiao Yun is pregnant, but whose child is it? Didn't the eldest prince have any doubts?"
An inkstone fell in front of Bai Zhi, leaving a hole in the bluestone floor and splashing black ink all over Bai Zhi's face.
"How dare you! I told you to shut up! Who gave you the courage to sow discord in front of the master?"
"Xiao Yun is grateful and wants to repay you for the kindness you have shown her. How many of the valuable jewelry I gave her have entered your house? I don't care about such trivial matters. They are just external things anyway."
"Do you know what you are saying today? If such words were to spread, how would Xiaoyun survive in the future? A woman's reputation is so important. As a woman, don't you know this?"
Xiao Yan's voice was not loud, but his words were powerful. Bai Zhi couldn't help but tremble. She held on to her breath and shouted, "If Your Highness doesn't believe it, you can check it yourself! Doctor Ye left with a bundle today, and you'll know once you check it out!"
Xiao Yan stood up and sneered, "Ye Jueming is a woman. Tell me how two women eloped and how Xiaoyun could possibly be pregnant with Ye Jueming's child?"
Bai Zhi was stunned. "How is this possible? How could the imperial physician be a woman? Your Highness is indeed confused by Xiaoyun. In order to protect her, he can even make up such a lie. I don't believe it! I don't believe it!"
"I don't want to waste my words with you. I thought you were a loyal and kind person, but I was wrong. People's hearts are fickle. Fortunately, the matter has not yet become a big deal. Considering that you have helped Xiaoyun, I will not kill you. You can leave the palace now."
Bai Zhi slowly stood up, tears silently falling down, washing away the ink stains on her face, like a hideous mask, she murmured in a tone of both sadness and joy:
"I started serving the Queen when I was thirteen. Your Highness was still young at that time and liked the grasshoppers I made the most. The Queen found out and Your Highness would rather be punished than betray me."
"I watched His Highness grow up, and I am willing to serve His Highness for the rest of my life! I endured humiliation in the Slave Camp for three years for His Highness. If it was me who came to the East Palace to serve His Highness, would everything be different? His Highness's current favor for Xiaoyun should have belonged to me!"
Xiao Yan was almost laughing out of anger, "There is no if! Xiao Yun is Xiao Yun, no one can replace her. You are wishful thinking, always wanting things that don't belong to you. This is all I have to say, get lost!"
There was a flash of determination in Bai Zhi's eyes, and she slammed hard into the pillar in the corner!
Bright red blood gushed out, Bai Zhi collapsed on the ground, and stretched out her hand towards Xiao Yan, "If Your Highness is really so cruel, then I don't want to live anymore."
Xiao Yan was fed up with these self-harming tricks and left without looking back.
"Come here, drag her out! If she tries to commit suicide again, there is no need to stop her. Regardless of whether she is dead or alive, send her out of the palace tomorrow morning!"
Xia Yang sent Bai Zhi back to her room and bandaged her wound simply. Bai Zhi was just pretending, and the collision was not serious, so it was not serious.
"If His Highness had not secretly ordered us to help, do you think you could have lived so comfortably in the prison camp? You would have died long ago! When you first came to the East Palace, you were a maid in charge, honorable and respectable. His Highness has been very kind to you and has never let you down."
"Listen to my advice and leave the palace. You can have a good future if you leave the palace now. His Highness will definitely make good arrangements for you. If you continue to try to commit suicide and wear out His Highness's last bit of patience, you will have nothing left."
Bai Zhi cried the whole night. She actually had no determination to die. She just wanted to stay in the palace for a few more days under the pretext of recuperating, hoping that there might be a chance of a turnaround.
But His Highness was so determined that she really had no other choice.
The next morning, as soon as the palace gate opened, Bai Zhi was sent out of the palace.
When Ji Yunhuan got the news, Bai Zhi had already been sent out of the city. Xiao Yan had many farms under his name, and he could pick any one of them for Bai Zhi to manage, and she would have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of her life.
"Sister Baizhi is indeed old enough to leave the palace. It is Your Highness' grace that she is released early."
Xiao Yan patted Xiao Yun's head and sighed, "You, you are really smart when you are smart, but you can't see anything when you are stupid. Well, anyway, I am here, and I will never let you down."
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